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the fate of Rome?
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The Pursuit of Lasting Happiness
A
wise and wealthy king—the wisest and
wealthiest of his day—sought to find the
secret to a happy life. He searched for it
in wine, women, and song—and so much
more. Comedians? Musicians? He could bring the
most skilled before him at his whim. He immersed
himself in books, gaining knowledge and wisdom, and
he did not fail to learn by his observation of others.
There was virtually nothing out of his reach in the
physical realm. He said to himself,
“I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy
pleasure”; but surely, this also was vanity. I
said of laughter—“Madness!”; and of mirth,
“What does it accomplish?” I searched in my
heart how to gratify my flesh with wine, while
guiding my heart with wisdom, and how to lay
hold on folly, till I might see what was good
for the sons of men to do under heaven all the
days of their lives. I made my works great, I
built myself houses, and planted myself vine-
yards. I made myself gardens and orchards,
and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them. I
made myself water pools from which to water
the growing trees of the grove…. I also gath-
ered for myself silver and gold and the special
treasures of kings and of the provinces. I ac-
quired male and female singers, the delights of
the sons of men, and musical instruments of
all kinds…. Whatever my eyes desired I did not
keep from them. I did not withhold my heart
from any pleasure, for my heart rejoiced in all
my labor; and this was my reward from all my
labor (Ecclesiastes 2:1–6, 8, 10).
If possessions and wealth can buy happiness, cer-
tainly this king must have been the happiest man who
ever lived. But was he? Here is his answer: “Therefore
I hated life because the work that was done under the
sun was distressing to me, for all is vanity and grasp-
ing for the wind” (Ecclesiastes 2:17). He no doubt en-
joyed the accomplishments and thrills of life, but still
saw that all were futile in the end.
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But surely it would be different if you were in
King Solomon’s shoes! Is this not what many think?
We often hear people say that money won’t buy hap-
piness, but they conduct their lives as if it will. Con-
sider the popularity of state-run mega-lotteries—the
bigger the prize, the more money invested by hordes
of hopefuls.
People attempt to satisfy their every hunger and
thirst, just as Solomon did, but in the end are left
empty and thirsty. Some live to play golf. Others live
for the weekend to support
their favorite team. Others
love to “party hearty.” Still
others accumulate wealth
beyond what they could
ever need. Then there are
those who thirst for pop-
ularity or power. There
is temporary pleasure in
many things, but in the
end, as Solomon observed
in himself, no mortal plea-
sure satisfies forever. And hanging over the head of us
all is the inevitable grave!
Solomon is not the only Bible figure who saw the
futility of mortal life. The prophet Isaiah observed that
it is man’s nature to chase after the fleeting wind of
happiness. To those who strive for happiness through
acquisition and temporal pleasures, he counsels, “Ev-
eryone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who
have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine
and milk without money and without price. Why do
you spend money for what is not bread, and your wages
for what does not satisfy?” (Isaiah 55:1–2).
What is it that brings the happiness so many
want—and that so many fail to find?
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Solomon pointed to a life of work that lets us en-
joy the fruits of our labor and care for the well-being
of others. “I know that nothing is better for [man]
than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives, and also
that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the
good of all his labor—it is the gift of God” (Ecclesias-
tes 3:12–13). But this cannot be the complete answer,
as eating, drinking, and rejoicing will all come to
an end someday—which is the very lesson Solomon
wanted to impart!
Solomon wrote from the perspective of the mor-
tal man. If there is no life after death, then whether
one is good or evil, wise or foolish, the same end still
comes. “The wise man’s eyes are in his head, but the
fool walks in darkness. Yet I myself perceived that the
same event happens to them all. So I said in my heart,
‘As it happens to the fool, it also happens to me, and
why was I then more wise?’ Then I said in my heart,
‘This also is vanity’” (Ecclesiastes 2:14–15).
Does this mean Solomon saw no hope beyond the
grave? On the surface, that seems to be the case:
For the living know that they will die; but the
dead know nothing, and they have no more
reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.
Also their love, their hatred, and their envy
have now perished; nevermore will they have
a share in anything done under the sun….
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with
your might; for there is no work or device or
knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you
are going (Ecclesiastes 9:5–6, 10).
But Is Death the End?
Solomon understood something that too few realize:
Our mortality is an important part of how God is
working with us. “I said in my heart, ‘Concerning the
condition of the sons of men, God tests them, that
they may see that they themselves are like animals.’
For what happens to the sons of men also happens to
animals; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies
the other. Surely, they all have one breath; man has
no advantage over animals, for all is vanity. All go to
one place: all are from the dust, and all return to dust”
(Ecclesiastes 3:18–20).
Yes, God is testing each of us. He wants us to
realize that life is temporary, but that—as Solomon
clearly understood—it is not the end. “I said in my
heart, ‘God shall judge the righteous and the wicked,
for there is a time there for every purpose and for
every work’” (Ecclesiastes 3:17). We see this message
repeated throughout the book of Ecclesiastes. Solo-
mon recognized that our conduct during this mortal
life does matter. “Though a sinner does evil a hundred
times, and his days are prolonged, yet I surely know
that it will be well with those who fear God, who fear
before Him” (Ecclesiastes 8:12). And in one of the
best-known passages, he counsels the next genera-
tion, “Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let
your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk
in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your
eyes; but know that for all these God will bring you into
judgment” (Ecclesiastes 11:9).
Solomon’s words are important. They cut to the
heart of what we value. They contrast the choice of
personal, selfish desire with the choice to look to
something greater than the here and now. Isaiah ad-
dresses our need to act while there is time, and the
importance of God’s grace for those wise ones who
turn away from living only for today.
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
and let your soul delight itself in abundance.
Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and
your soul shall live…. Seek the Lord while
He may be found, call upon Him while He is
near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the
unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return
to the Lord, and He will have mercy on him;
and to our God, for He will abundantly par-
don (Isaiah 55:2–3, 6–7).
Solomon concludes his lesson with a warning
that God judges our actions. “Fear God and keep His
commandments, for this is man’s all. For God will
bring every work into judgment, including every se-
cret thing, whether good or evil” (Ecclesiastes 12:13–
14). Let us all heed that warning!
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 5 Repeating Rome’s Mistakes
Our nations are losing touch with history
and losing hope for the future. Will they
turn around before they fall?

10 The Hope of a New World

We can learn much from settlers who
turned disappointment and hardship into
a legacy of hope and promise.

12 Will We Heed the Warnings?

Today’s worldwide upheaval should not
surprise anyone familiar with God’s word.
What will happen if we fail to obey Him?

16 The Best a Man Can Do

As people increasingly refuse to
distinguish between man and woman,

How Is Your Mind

what can a man do to be his very best?

22 Be Mindful of Your Mind

You’ve heard that “a mind is a terrible
thing to waste.” But do you ever consider Made Up?
the mind of God?
–22–
26 Teaching Humor
Nobody likes a humorless person. But if
we want to use humor to benefit others, it
can be a serious matter!
9 Find the Joy
21 There It Was, Right Behind Me

15  uestions and Answers

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Repeating Rome’s Mistakes
By Gerald E. Weston
C
anada’s National Post carried this January
15, 2013 headline: “Lost without a map:
Despite a globalized society, university
students can’t locate the Atlantic Ocean.”
If this were the middle of Manitoba or Kansas (anyone
know where those are?) they might have had an excuse,
though a lame one—but these were students from Me-
morial University of Newfoundland, where the Atlan-
tic Ocean could be seen from their dormitory windows.
Sociologist Judith Adler had a hunch that her
university students lacked basic geographical knowl-
edge and began testing the proposition. “I used to ask
if they could identify France, England or Ireland—
which is the background of a lot of students here, or
Spain or Portugal, which is important for this part of
the world, but I’ve stopped asking that.” Over time,
she simplified her questions. “I asked them to indi-
cate where on the map South America is, where Africa
is, and Antarctica, the Arctic, and to circle Europe, la-
bel Australia and show where Asia is and label the At-
lantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans and Mediterranean
Sea—and I’ve become much simpler in what I have
asked over the years,” Ms. Adler says.
How did her students fare with her questions? “A
sizeable proportion of the class would reliably have no
idea where the Mediterranean is. Some students would
circle Africa and indicate that it’s Europe, and if asked
to locate England and Ireland, they would put them in
Africa. I have had students that aren’t able to correctly
label the Atlantic Ocean, even though we are on it.”
Man-on-the-street interviews in the United
States show that Americans are equally ignorant of
the real world around them. One would like to think
that the answers reported are cherry-picked from
the most uninformed—and there is likely some truth
to that—but it is doubtful that the questioners must
go far to find them. Some confuse states with cities,
and when they cannot name their nation’s sitting vice
president, one can only imagine what else they don’t
know. We now live in the richest information age in
history, but also the most ignorant when it comes to
understanding where we are, where we came from,
and how we got here. Is there any wonder why we
have so many “flat-earthers” amongst us?
The late Dr. Roderick C. Meredith made this as-
tute observation: “The way to lower interest in a topic
is to place the word history in the title.” Sadly, history
and geography are not subjects emphasized in most
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REPE AT I NG R O M E ’S M ISTA KES
schools today. Both began to be replaced more than a
century ago by the innocuous-sounding social stud-
ies. But this was not the innocent change that a naïve
public took it for at the time. While it is true that
history can be manipulated, geography is much less
subjective. Over the decades, geography has increas-
ingly been neglected, and social studies morphed into
social issues promoted by radical activists. Any his-
tory that is taught today is too often an agenda-driven
rewrite of Western history.
Variations on the repeating-history theme
appear alongside debates about attribution.
Irish statesman Edmund Burke is often
misquoted as having said, “Those who don’t
know history are destined to repeat it.” Span-
ish philosopher George Santayana is cred-
ited with the aphorism, “Those who cannot
remember the past are condemned to repeat
it,” while British statesman Winston Chur-
chill wrote, “Those that fail to learn from
history are doomed to repeat it” (“History
Repeating,” LiberalArts.VT.edu, accessed De-
cember 20, 2022).
Does History Make Any Difference?
The fall of the Roman Empire is one of the most stud-
ied events of history, yet it is little understood by to-
day’s generations. The demise of such a great empire
WHEN AMERICA FALLS—AS IT SURELY WILL,
UNLESS IT CHANGES DIRECTION SOON—
ANOTHER POWER WILL FILL THE VACUUM,
AND IT MAY NOT BE SO BENEVOLENT.
has lessons for America in particular, and for the West
in general, because one lesson of history is that power
abhors a vacuum. When America falls—as it surely
will, unless it changes direction soon—another power
will fill the vacuum, and it may not be so benevolent.
In fact, it will not be, according to Bible prophecy.
Whole books have been written about the col-
lapse of the Roman Empire, and historians agree
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that its downfall had no single cause. Instead, it fell
because of a series of internal and external forces that
over decades pulled the fabric of the Empire apart,
ending a power that had held sway for more than a
thousand years.
Mass migration from outside the Empire is often
cited as a primary cause. “One of the most obvious
reasons for the downfall of Rome was the relentless
and seemingly endless waves of migration and inva-
sions from the Barbarian tribes that bordered Rome’s
northern frontiers. In the early days of the empire,
Roman legions were able to repel Barbarian tribes
with relative ease, but this started to change towards
the end of the 2nd century CE” (“7 Reasons Why
Rome Fell,” WorldAtlas.com, November 8, 2022). A
particularly destructive migration took place in the
late fourth century AD when Eurasian Huns invaded
Europe—driving Germanic tribes to seek refuge in-
side the borders of the Empire. “The Romans grudg-
ingly allowed members of the Visigoth tribe to cross
south of the Danube and into the safety of Roman
territory” (“8 Reasons Why Rome Fell,” History.com,
January 29, 2019).
The parallels between mass migration into the
Roman Empire from the north and the literal inva-
sion of illegal immigrants on the U.S. southern border
ought to be a wake-up call, but politics is apparently
more important than saving the country. In fiscal
year 2020 (October through September) there were
458,088 border encounters with
undocumented migrants. These
were people who were caught
or who simply crossed illegally
into the country and turned
themselves in, claiming asylum.
In 2021, this number rose to
1,734,686, and in 2022 to a stag-
gering 2,378,944. In October,
the first month of fiscal 2023
(the latest figures available at time of writing), there
were 230,678 (“Southwest Land Border Encounters,”
CBP.gov, November 14, 2022). And none of these
figures take into account known “gotaways”—those
who were caught on camera or by other means but
were never apprehended—which are estimated at
599,000 for fiscal year 2022 alone (“Border officials
count 599,000 ‘gotaway’ migrants in Fiscal Year 2022:

source,” FoxNews.com, October 2, 2022). Then there
are all the potential unknown border crossings.
This situation goes beyond politics. It strikes at
the heart of the question of whether a country can
survive with what is clearly an open-border policy.
History.com lists other reasons for Rome’s col-
lapse: overexpansion and military overspending,
government corruption and political instability, the
spread of Christianity, and the loss of traditional val-
ues (History.com). One of those reasons may surprise
you. How could Christianity be an empire killer? In a
high school and college history book from an earlier
age (first published in 1900), Philip Myers explains
how nominal-yet-false Christianity contributed to
the decline in birthrate and respect for the institution
of the Roman family.
Another cause of the decline in population
was the singular aversion that the better
class of the Romans evinced to marriage. We
meet during the period of the empire with
a crowd of imperial edicts dealing with this
subject. Penalties and bounties, deprivations
and privileges, entreaties and expostulations
are in turn resorted to by the perplexed em-
perors, in order to discourage celibacy and to
foster a pure and healthy family life. But all
was in vain. The marriage state continued to
be held in great disesteem…. And Christianity
instead of correcting the evil, rather made
matters worse; for just now the teachings of
the monks were persuading vast multitudes
of the superior sanctity of the solitary or the
monastic life, and thereby filling the deserts
of Egypt and the monasteries of all lands with
men who believed they could best live the
higher [life] by freeing themselves of all fam-
ily and social cares and duties (Rome: Its Rise
and Fall, pp. 447–448).
America has few men running off into the desert
to live a monastic life, but far too many working-age
men are sitting on the sidelines instead of going to
work. “The job market in the U.S. has remained hot
this year despite the Federal Reserve’s best efforts to
cool it down, and unemployment is at just 3.7 percent,
close to a 50-year low. But part of the population has
R EPEATI N G R O ME’ S MI STAKES
been silently walking away from work for several de-
cades—well before the COVID-19 pandemic began”
(“Men are dropping out of the labor force because
they’re upset about their social status, according to a
new study,” Fortune, December 7, 2022).
Yes, even before COVID-19, participation in the
labor market by men aged 25–54 was a troubling
concern for policy makers—and their concern points
directly to the health of the family. In 2019—during
what has been described as the longest economic
expansion in U.S. history, with historically low unem-
ployment—Senator Mike Lee of Utah admitted:
“I’m concerned that if more men can’t find
stable, steady work, the result is likely to be
fewer marriages, in the first instance, and
more divorces, in the second instance….” It’s
also likely, he said, that as marriage rates
fall, men will feel less of a need to be bread-
winners and involved with their children,
which in turn would lead to more unem-
ployment and less stable family lives (“Why
are men dropping out of the workforce
despite a strong economy?,” Deseret News,
November 23, 2019).
Manhattan Institute senior fellow Oren Cass
agrees that there is a connection between, and a
downward spiral developing with, work and the sta-
bility of the family unit. When one suffers, so does
the other.
Work, he said, brings structure to each and
life in general. It offers the mundane but es-
sential disciplines of timeliness and reliabil-
ity and hygiene as well as the more complex
socialization of collaboration and paying at-
tention to others. It requires people to inter-
act and forges shared experiences and bonds.
It promotes goal setting and long-term plan-
ning, Cass said.
“True, other pursuits can provide these
kinds of benefits…” he said. “But sleeping,
couch surfing or playing video games does
not. And for out-of-work men in particular,
such idle activities tend to fill up their time”
(Deseret News).
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REPE AT I NG R O M E ’S M ISTA KES
Whatever the causes, low birthrates and disre-
spect for the institution of the family bring about the
same result—a nation in decline. In modern America,
Canada, Europe, Russia, and elsewhere, birthrates
are at historic lows, well below replacement level, and
there is a connection between low birthrates and un-
checked illegal immigration.
Where Have All the Workers Gone?
“Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York
called on Republicans Wednesday [November 16,
2022] to join in passing a pathway to citizenship
for ‘all undocumented’ in the United States, citing
the fact that Americans were ‘not reproducing’”
(“Schumer Says US Needs More Immigration
Because Americans Are ‘Not Reproducing,’”
DailyCaller.com, November 16, 2022).
Why are Americans and others “not reproduc-
ing”? One obvious reason is unrestricted abortion,
a major platform on which Sen. Schumer’s party
proudly and arrogantly ran in the 2022 midterm elec-
tions. In the last 50 years, Americans have aborted
tens of millions of their children. As Tomorrow’s
World writer Wallace G. Smith reminded us in his
January 2022 article “Seven Lies About Abortion,”
the womb is unmistakably the most dangerous place
for an innocent American child.
World Atlas lists seven causes for the decline and
fall of the Roman Empire:
1. Migration and Barbarian Invasion
2. Corruption
3. Climate Change and Famine
4. Disloyal and Ineffective Militaries
5. Civil Wars
6. Economic Destitution
7. Weak Leadership
This same source then gives a summary:
The fall of the Western Roman Empire can
teach humans many things about societal
collapse and regression. Most shortcomings
of a civilization in decline come from within
rather than without. Incompetent leaders,
government corruption, a weak economy,
and social dissolution all contributed to the
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downfall of Rome. Considering how deep
and long-lasting these issues were for the
Romans it is surprising that Rome did not fall
sooner (WorldAtlas.com).
Do any of these problems sound familiar?
What about a weak economy? Surely that is not a
problem for America! Or is it? That probably de-
pends on whether one considers a national debt of
$31,000,000,000,000—that’s 31 trillion dollars—a
problem. Add to this Americans’ personal debt, which
is also out of control, especially since inflation set
in—another self-inflicted wound. The government
offered free money, which people were all too happy
to receive.
Inflation caused by too much “free” money is
more than an American problem. As Nicholas Clair-
mont wrote for BigThink.com, “History shows that
both those who do not learn history and those who
do learn history are doomed to repeat it.” He went
on to explain, “According to Santayana’s philosophy,
history repeats. The phrasing itself certainly is catchy.
It’s a big one, not only because it is so common, but
also because if it is true and if history, driven by hu-
man nature, is ugly (hint: it is), then this saying ought
to guide our public and private policy” (“‘Those Who
Do Not Learn History Are Doomed To Repeat It.’ Re-
ally?,” BigThink.com, July 31, 2013).
More importantly, this understanding ought to
guide our public and private behavior, because our
behavior ultimately influences government policy,
especially in democracies. And this is where another
lesson of history must be considered. As Clairmont
wrote, it is not history that guides nations, but human
nature—a fact that brings us to a different kind of his-
tory book.
Unlike the citizens of Roman Catholic coun-
tries where people were historically discouraged
from reading the Bible for themselves, the Brit-
ish-descended and American peoples, at least
until recent times, were generally encouraged to
read from this greatest of all books. In its pages,
humanity is given a choice. That choice is articu-
lated in various ways at different times, but it is the
same choice: “I call heaven and earth as witnesses
today against you, that I have set before you life
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FIND THE JOY
There is a purpose for the pain.

S
ome time ago, I followed up with an old He comes forth like a flower and fades away; he flees
friend who had been battling a serious like a shadow and does not continue” (Job 14:1–2).
health challenge with some success, only to The Apostle Paul eloquently put suffering into per-
learn the devastating news that his condi- spective: “We are hard-pressed on every side, yet
tion had taken a turn for the worse. What had seemed not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair.…
to be a good course of treatment proved to be far less Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our out-
effective than expected. At that point, the prognosis ward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being
was not good. renewed day by day” (2 Corinthians 4:8, 16).
It was disappointing news—a real kick in the
gut. It was the kind of news that one hopes never Embrace the Hope
to hear, yet which comes all too often, especially in But there is a hope often spoken of in Scripture.
this time of so many health crises for people of all God has a great plan of salvation for those who are
ages. With modern medical innovations, marvelous seeking His Kingdom and His
things are done today. And yet, the brutal fact is that righteousness and who over-
there are terrible, terminal illnesses that cut short It is very come until the end. They are
the lives of many people. This is a cruel reality, but sobering to promised eternal life, ruling
when it is someone with whom we have a close re- contemplate under Jesus Christ as kings
lationship and great affection, it is shattering news and priests in the Kingdom of
that makes us cry out to God for His intervention
one’s life being God.
and mercy. It makes us agonize over the questions cut short or So, while terminal ill-
of Why? Why this person? Why now? These are ques- the prospect nesses and other human trag-
tions that individuals and families have asked for edies do occur, Christians can
of extended
millennia when unexpected, life-threatening situa- look forward to the promise
tions strike. We know that God heals—yet, at times, suffering until found in Revelation 21:3–4:
He refrains. death gives “And I heard a loud voice from
It is very sobering to contemplate one’s life release. It heaven saying, ‘Behold, the
being cut short or the prospect of extended suffer- tabernacle of God is with men,
ing until death gives release. It causes anxiety and causes anxiety and He will dwell with them,
stress. There are so many details to attend to, so and stress. and they shall be His people.
many unfulfilled responsibilities, so many adven- God Himself will be with them
tures unrealized. and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear
In this situation, with the realization that time is from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor
limited, a person’s priorities abruptly change. What sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for
was once important may suddenly be irrelevant. the former things have passed away.’”
Unnecessary activities are set aside, and essential This is why James, the brother of Christ, could
matters come sharply into focus. Time evaporates as say, “My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into
one concentrates on medical visits, treatments, and various trials” (James 1:2).
therapies. Frustrating, debilitating, irritating, but re- For more on a godly perspective of life and
quired activities soak up the days and nights. Energy death and an overview of the amazing promises that
wanes. Interests fade. are the hope of every Christian, order a free copy
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ation of the human experience is found: “Man who its information is priceless.
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 Oh
Canada!
The Hope of a
New World
The year was 1773, and a vessel was strag-
gling its way across the Atlantic with 189
passengers in search of a better life. A voy-
age that was supposed to last just six weeks
took almost twelve, and with the cramped,
unsanitary living conditions on the vessel, 18
children were buried at sea. When the harried settlers
eventually arrived at their destination, they did not find
the large coastal farmland and year’s worth of supplies
they had been promised. The coast and inland region
were covered with old-growth forest, which could take
years to clear and convert into suitable farmland—and
the basic requirements for shelter, as well as promised
food supplies and necessary equipment, were simply
not there.
One can easily imagine how hopeless such a situ-
ation might seem—and yet, it was a scenario that has
played itself out many times in history. What can we
learn from people such as these, who left everything
behind in seeking a better future?
On Unfamiliar Shores
The ship was named the Hector, and the passengers
were from the Scottish Highlands. In their home-
land they had experienced increasing difficulties
with the changing landscape of farms and farming
practices surrounding agricultural land manage-
ment. The Scottish Highland Clearances began in the
mid-to-late-eighteenth century, when Scottish lairds, the
traditional landowners, sought to implement agricultural
changes in order to increase profits and settle debts. The
tenants on these lands were in some cases evicted from
properties that their families had occupied for centuries
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and resettled into smaller holdings, resulting in financial
hardship and understandable grievances.
On the other side of the Atlantic, North American
businessmen employed recruitment officers who were
tasked with finding willing participants to immigrate to
various parts of the Thirteen Colonies (which later de-
clared independence as the United States of America)
and what became Canada. Between 1763–1775, approx-
imately 21,000 Scots migrated to North America, with
the majority settling in the Thirteen Colonies (J. M.
Bumsted, “Scottish Emigration to the Maritimes 1770-
1815: A New Look at an Old Theme,” Acadiensis, 1981,
vol. 10, no. 2, p. 65). Yet many, like the passengers of
the Hector, preferred the more sparsely populated re-
gion of the Maritimes, settling in Pictou in what is now
Nova Scotia, a community now declared “the birthplace
of New Scotland.”
Though recruiters had deceived them about New
World conditions, most passengers on the Hector chose
to face the hardships of building new lives in Pictou
rather than return to their native land. Their hope for
the future in the New World surpassed their foresee-
able struggles.
Most Americans are familiar with the Mayflower,
which brought more than a hundred settlers to the coast
of present-day Massachusetts in 1620 as the first of
many waves of migrants. New England was established
and developed by settlers who, in Europe, had experi-
enced hardships such as famine, poverty, and unjust
governance; they hoped that in their new home, they
could right the wrongs of the society they’d left behind.
In much the same vein, the settlers who sailed on
the Hector were the first wave of Scottish migrants to

develop and establish Nova Scotia—Latin for “New
Scotland.” If you look at old maps of the region, you
will see Newfoundland, New Scotland, and New
England, not to mention the shrinking lands of New
France. All these territories represented the efforts of
people seeking a new and improved world—for better
or worse.
Out of Hardship, a Legacy
People who are established, safe, settled, and content
where they are living have little incentive to move, but
war, poverty, famine, and disease can cause individu-
als, families, and, in some cases, entire communities
to uproot and relocate. Some estimates suggest that
more than 170,000 Gaelic settlers migrated to eastern
Canada by 1870. Approximately five million Canadians
claim Scottish heritage today (“Scottish Canadians,”
The Canadian Encyclopedia, August 27, 2013). In the
words of Ken McGoogan, author of the book How the
Scots Invented Canada, “No matter where you enter the
history of Canada—through exploration, politics, busi-
ness, education, or literature—you find Scots and their
descendants playing a leading role” (“How the Scots
built: Canada,” Scotsman.com, April 25, 2016).
Fourteen of Canada’s 23 prime ministers—includ-
ing its current prime minister, Justin Trudeau—are able
to trace at least part of their heritage back to Scotland.
Scots “dominated the fur trade, the timber trade, bank-
ing and railway management.” Scottish immigrants
shaped their new nation in many ways: “The Bank of
Montreal (1818) and the Canadian Pacific Railway
(1881) are also successful businesses that were created
by Scottish businessmen. Nearly 50 percent of the
nation’s industrial leaders in the 1880s were of recent
Scottish origins” (The Canadian Encyclopedia).
Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia
THE HO PE O F A N EW WORLD
The Scottish migrants sailing on the Hector to Pic-
tou, Nova Scotia, lived through trials and suffering for
the promises and hope of a better future and improved
way of life. Those promises were sadly betrayed, and
even the most determined and hardworking human be-
ings cannot truly ensure that their descendants will live
in peace and prosperity. But promises of a better fu-
ture—a just and fair society where all pain and suffering
will ultimately cease—are declared in the Bible.
Hope That Will Not Be Crushed
Migrants and the patterns of migration have shaped
our world over millennia, but all established settle-
ments, colonies, and countries have one question in
common: how best to govern man. Over time and de-
spite all our best efforts to institute fair laws, promote
peace, and ensure stability, we are led by fallible and
often corruptible men who bring to the “New World”
the same faults as the old. Every nation that exists
today suffers to various degrees from unrighteous
government, and regardless of political efforts to bring
about a “New World Order” or any other system of
leadership, the only solution to our global struggle will
be the return of Jesus Christ. Those who are led by
God are waiting for His new world to come, and they
have the hope of a future where effective solutions will
finally undo the faults of our present day and age. The
Apostle Peter lauded this hope when he wrote that
“we, according to His promise, look for new heavens
and a new earth in which righteousness dwells” (2
Peter 3:13).
Thankfully, the difficulties we experience, along
with the trials or persecutions we might face under an
unrighteous government, are temporary. The Apostle
Paul compared our struggles in life to the hope given to
us in God’s word, writing, “I consider that the sufferings
of this present time are not worthy to be compared with
the glory which shall be revealed in us…. For we were
saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope;
for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we
hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with
perseverance” (Romans 8:18, 24–25).
There is a hope for the future, and the promises of
God are sure. As hope in all else fades, let’s persevere
toward the coming government of God, which will for-
ever right the wrongs of today’s world.
—Jonathan Riley
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 Will We Heed the Warnings?
By Douglas S. Winnail
M
ost professing Christians have heard
the biblical message that “God is
love” (1 John 4:8) and that God sent
His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for the
sins of the world (John 3:16). However, many today
seem to have forgotten that God “chastens” every son
that He loves (Hebrews 12:5–7). The Bible is filled
with examples showing how this warning has applied
to both individuals and nations down through history.
Professing Christians widely believe that the
Old Testament has been superseded by the New Tes-
tament and that we no longer need to be concerned
about that portion of Scripture—except perhaps to
read the book of Psalms for occasional inspiration
and the book of Proverbs for advice. However, we
are plainly told in the New Testament that “all these
things [recorded in the Old Testament] happened to
them as examples, and were written for our admoni-
tion, upon whom the ends of the ages have come” (1
Corinthians 10:11). The clear implication of this verse
is that if we forget or ignore these examples and this
admonition, it will be to our peril—especially as the
end of the age approaches.
We also live in an age when a great many critics
claim that the Bible is not a divinely inspired book,
saying it was only written by men and that no one
can unfailingly predict the future. However, there is
strong evidence to back up the Apostle Paul’s pointed
claim that “all Scripture is given by inspiration of
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God” (2 Timothy 3:16). God reveals through the
prophet Isaiah that He alone can predict the future
and then bring it to pass (Isaiah 46:8–11). Though
many people own Bibles, few realize that nearly a
third of the Bible is prophecy, that many of those
prophecies are dual, and that many are focused on the
end times in which we are living.
These prophecies contain important warnings
about major world events that are going to strike spe-
cific peoples because they have forgotten or ignored
vital lessons that their ancestors failed to learn.
Lessons from History
Today, many are told that the Bible is only a collec-
tion of myths and stories that are no longer relevant
to the modern world. However, the truth is just the
opposite (for details, see our informative booklet
The Bible: Fact or Fiction?). The Bible is actually a
carefully preserved record of, among other things,
God’s dealings with the patriarch Abraham and his
descendants. Because of Abraham’s obedience to
God’s instructions, God promised Abraham and his
offspring that they would be a special people chosen
for an amazing purpose (Exodus 19:3–6). The Isra-
elites were given God’s laws to set them apart from
other nations in order for them to be lights—positive
examples to the world. To confirm this, God made a
covenant with the Israelites that if they obeyed His
laws, they would inherit blessings promised to Abra-
ham, but if they disobeyed, they would be punished
(Leviticus 26; Deuteronomy 28).

The sad story recorded in Scripture is that the
Israelites began turning away from God soon after
they came out of captivity in Egypt—setting up idols,
worshipping foreign gods, complaining against Mo-
ses, and violating God’s laws. Eventually, most of the
first generation of Israelites, whom God had deliv-
ered from captivity in Egypt, were forbidden to enter
the promised land—and they died in the wilderness
(Numbers 14:26–34). This punishment is recorded in
Scripture as a lesson for their descendants.
After entering the promised land, Israel reached
a certain peak under King David’s son Solomon.
But they forgot the lesson they should have learned
from their ancestors that God blessed their nation
as they obeyed and followed His laws. Eventually,
Israel divided into two feuding, sinning nations,
Israel in the north and Judah in the south. God then
sent both disobedient nations into captivity—Israel
to Assyria and Judah to Babylon. As time went on,
neither the nation of Israel nor the nation of Judah
inherited the major promises that God made to
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob of possessing the gates
of their enemies (Genesis 22:17) and in the case of
Joseph’s sons—Manasseh and Ephraim—becoming a
great nation and a great company or commonwealth
of nations (Genesis 48:8–20).
The Bible records how God supernaturally de-
livered the children of Israel from slavery in Egypt,
made them His chosen people, and gave them His
laws so they could be lights to the world. However,
God punished them for violating and rejecting His
laws and worshipping other gods. These important
lessons were recorded as a warning for the modern
descendants of the ancient Israelites.
Ancient Prophecies Apply Today
Thus we begin to see what the sins and punishments
of the ancient Israelites have to do with us today.
Historical sources reveal that the descendants of the
biblical children of Israel are none other than the
people of the modern United States of America, the
British-descended peoples, and the peoples of other
nations of northwestern Europe (see our booklet
The United States and Great Britain in Prophecy).
These nations have been the recipients of blessings
promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But few un-
derstand that the continuance of the blessings these
WI L L WE HEED THE WAR N I NGS?
nations enjoy is dependent on their obedience to the
God who gave those blessings, just as it was for their
forefathers.
More than 3,000 years ago, Moses warned the
ancient Israelites, “For I know that after my death
you will become utterly corrupt, and turn aside
from the way which I have commanded you. And
evil will befall you in the latter days, because you
will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him
to anger through the work of your hands” (Deuter-
onomy 31:29). Today, in the Western world, nations
that were founded on biblical principles of moral-
ity are actively promoting behaviors that the Bible
condemns: divorce (Malachi 2:16), adultery and
fornication (Exodus 20:14; 1 Corinthians 6:9–10),
homosexuality and same-sex “marriage” (Leviticus
18:22; Romans 1:26–27), drag queens (Deuteronomy
22:5), tattoos (Leviticus 19:28), and abortion—the
killing of their own children (Exodus 20:13; Jere-
miah 2:34). Prior to the 1960s, many of these evil
behaviors were not just frowned upon; they were
illegal. Most did not dare to do these things openly.
But in recent decades, these behaviors have been
promoted and celebrated—in active defiance of
God’s laws.
The prophet Jeremiah, writing around 600 BC,
pointed out that while pagan nations had not changed
their gods over the centuries, the Israelites, despite
God’s promised blessings, had embraced different
and false gods, following in the footsteps of their an-
cient forefathers (Jeremiah 2:11–13). And this is just
as true today. Rather than em­bracing and guarding
their biblical heritage, the modern descendants of
Manasseh and Ephraim (e.g. America, Canada, Brit-
ain, Australia, New Zealand) have embraced “gods”
of their own making, such as secularism, evolution,
materialism, and atheism. Instead of using the Bible
and the laws of God as a guide for behavior, these
modern post-Christian nations now view the Bible as
a “strange thing” (Hosea 8:12).
The prophet Hosea warned the Israelites that
“because you have forgotten the law of your God, I
also will forget your children” and convicted them
of having “dealt treacherously with the Lord, for
they have begotten pagan children” (Hosea 4:6; 5:7).
Today, headlines report on the precipitous decline in
professing Christianity in England and Wales (Tele-
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W I L L W E H E E D T H E WA R N IN GS?
graph, November 29, 2022) and the mass exodus from
professing Christianity that is underway in America
(Grid News, December 17, 2022). Studies also show
that more than 40 percent of young adults have no
religious affiliation—a stark contrast from colonial
America 200 years ago, when more than 90 percent of
people were professing Christians.
Jeremiah also warned the Israelites that be-
cause they have forsaken their God and perverted
their way (2:17; 3:2), “I will certainly bring calamity
MODERN ISRAELITES HAVE EMBRACED “GODS”
OF THEIR OWN MAKING, SUCH AS SECULARISM,
EVOLUTION, MATERIALISM, AND ATHEISM.
on this this people—the fruit of their thoughts, be-
cause they have not heeded My words nor My law,
but rejected it” (6:18–19), and that calamity will
come “suddenly” (6:26). Moses warned the ancient
Israelites that if they would not listen to the voice
of their God they would experience a national de-
cline and go into captivity in a manner that would
astonish the world (Deuteronomy 28:15, 37–48).
This is what lies ahead for modern Israelite nations
that have forgotten God and their true national
identities.
Secular Historians Agree
It is also sobering to notice that secular historians
are writing about the same things that these ancient
prophecies have long foretold. Nearly 30 years ago, in
1994, researcher Jim Nelson Black recognized what
was happening, writing in When Nations Die about
ten warning signs of America’s culture in crisis, fore-
seeing that America was going down the same road of
cultural decline as ancient Greece and Rome. In 1996,
Harvard professor Samuel Huntington wrote Clash
of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order in
which he described the decline of the West and the
rise of other nations. In 2000, the European historian
Jacques Barzun wrote From Dawn to Decadence to
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catalogue the last 500 years of Western civilization—a
period during which Israel’s descendants dominated
the world. In 2011, British historian Niall Ferguson
wrote Civilization: The West and the Rest in which he
commented that “we are living through the end of
500 years of Western ascendancy” (p. xv).
These authors are not alone in their assess-
ments. In 2011, Patrick Buchanan, an advisor to
three U.S. presidents, wrote Suicide of a Superpower:
Will America Survive to 2025? He warned that Amer-
ica is tearing itself apart.
“America has taken on
the aspect of a decadent
society and a declining na-
tion.... What once united
us is dissolving. And this
is true of Western civili-
zation” (pp. vii, 7). This is
the world we are living in today, and Bible prophe-
cies have been warning about the same dangers for
several thousand years.
Today, many people sense that something is
seriously wrong in the world, but they do not under-
stand that Bible prophecies have long warned that
a time of trouble would come for the Israelite-de-
scended nations in the latter days (see Jeremiah
30) because they would turn away from God and
reap what they have sown (Jeremiah 2:17–19). In
fact, they have sown “the wind,” and they will “reap
the whirlwind” (Hosea 8:7). Jesus warned that His
followers should watch for the emergence of world
conditions that will fulfill these ancient prophecies
just before His promised return (Matthew 24; Mark
13; Luke 21).
The handwriting is on the wall for the modern
descendants of ancient Israel. We need to remember
that God is a God of love and that He has a plan for all
people. But God also chastens those whom He loves,
to teach them that blessings come from obedience
to His laws, while ignoring the warnings that God
provides brings the serious consequences of disobe-
dience. The question we each need to ask is, will we
heed those important warnings, or will we repeat the
mistakes of our ancestors? TW —THE—
BIBLE
Fact or Fiction
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the teaching of an antichrist, and should we be watching for it now?
Question: What did the Apostle John mean when he
warned that “many antichrists have come”? What is
an antichrist?
Answer: To understand the term antichrist—which
is found only in 1 John and 2 John—it is helpful to
examine the scriptures that
Despite the use it. The phrase “many anti-
christs” occurs in 1 John 2:18:
apostles’
“Little children, it is the last
ministry, a hour; and as you have heard
proliferation of that the Antichrist is coming,
false teachings even now many antichrists have
come, by which we know that it
arose. These is the last hour.”
included the The Greek word that is
Gnostic denial translated antichrist here
that Jesus means “against Christ” or “in
place of Christ,” or refers to a
came in the false Christ who “opposes” the
flesh as the true Christ. John warned that
only begotten many opponents of the true
Christ and His message had
Son of God.
already come. Some had even
The Gnostic infiltrated God’s true Church.
heresy taught John continued, “They went
that Christ only out from us, but they were not
seemed to take of us; for if they had been of
us, they would have continued
human form. with us; but they went out that
they might be made manifest, that none of them
were of us” (v. 19). John goes on to confirm this,
providing more details.
A Deceiver and an Antichrist
Notice what John wrote in the very next epistle: “For
many deceivers have gone out into the world who do
not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This
is a deceiver and an antichrist” (2 John 7). Here, John
describes an antichrist as a deceiver.
Despite the apostles’ ministry, a proliferation of
false teachings arose. These included the Gnostic de-
nial that Jesus came in the flesh as the only begotten
Son of God. The Gnostic heresy taught that Christ
only seemed to take human form (Donald Guthrie,
New Testament Introduction, 1975, p. 870). Gnostic
teachers, therefore, were among many antichrists
who rejected Christ’s coming in the flesh as the in-
carnate Son of God—a rejection that waters down
Christ’s sacrifice and inadequately defines sin—turn-
ing grace into license to sin (Jude 4). John sought to
combat these false ideas and to strengthen God’s
people in the truth.
And note carefully: He wrote of deceivers who
denied Christ “as coming in the flesh.” This may in
part refer to Christ’s first coming in the flesh, but
there is an important additional meaning.
The Williams New Testament clarifies 2 John 7
by rendering it “continues to come.” In other words,
Jesus Christ not only had come in the flesh to become
the perfect sacrifice for sin, but He is continuing to
come in the flesh of Christians by living His life in us.
We read, “Now he who keeps His commandments
abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know
that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given
us” (1 John 3:24).
Jesus Christ abides or lives in us through His
Holy Spirit (Galatians 2:20). He stated, “If anyone
loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will
love him, and We will come to him and make Our
home with him” (John 14:23).
The Spirit of Lawlessness
In stark contrast, the spirit of antichrist “does not
confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh”
(1 John 4:2–3). This lying spirit denies the reality
of Christ’s first coming, and the wonderful truth
that through the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ can live
His life in us—the very same life He lived when He
was on earth—a life of obedience to the law of God!
Therefore, an antichrist is one who is against Christ—
against His law and against His way of life.
This spirit of antichrist or lawlessness, so common
today, was already widespread in the Apostle Paul’s
day: “For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work”
(2 Thessalonians 2:7). For more information, you can
request a free copy of Who or What Is the Antichrist? or
read it online at TomorrowsWorld.org. TW
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 The Best a Man Can Do
By Rod McNair
N
ot long ago, I attended my daughter’s
college commencement. It was an ex-
citing day for students who had worked
very hard to finish their studies, and it
was gratifying to think about the hard work and de-
termination it took for each of those graduates just to
be there.
The valedictory address was given by a young
man who told a remarkable story of challenges and
obstacles he had overcome. It was quite touching. He
was there with his wife and his young daughter, and
I couldn’t help but feel admiration for this man and
what he was already making of his life.
Toward the end of his talk, he spoke of the women
in his life—his mother, his daughter, his wife—and
how important they were to him. But then his speech
took a perplexing turn. Addressing the men in the
audience, he said, “Really, the best thing we can do for
the women in our lives is just get out of the way.”
I thought to myself, Wow, what a shocking state-
ment! Of any advice he could give to a generation of
young men, is that the best he could offer? I thought
of the thousands of men in the audience, and I asked
myself, Is this going to inspire them to dream great
dreams, to be builders of society, and to strive to serve
and give of themselves to their families?
I walked away from that address shaking my
head. Not because I’m against men learning to honor,
respect, and admire the women in their lives, and
to give them the support and the room to be their
very best—no, quite the contrary. Rather, I was dis-
appointed that the opportunity had been missed to
show both men and women that they can help each
other. A marriage partnership takes teamwork and
sacrifice from both the husband and the wife.
So, what is the best a man can do? The answer can
be found by understanding a man’s real purpose—and
that purpose is revealed in the Bible.
God made men to be men. He made women to be
women. He put us in families and—for many of us—in
marriages. And He gave men instructions on how to
make their relationships work. So, what’s the best a
man can do to achieve his God-given potential? In
this brief article, we’ll consider three vital points.
Point One: Love and Honor Your Wife
“Every married man knows that he should do that,”
you might say. But stop and think for a moment.
When we look around and see so many unhappy mar-
riages and so many divorces, maybe such love isn’t as
commonly sought after as some might assume. And
maybe we don’t properly understand what it means
to love and honor our wives. This is an important sub-
ject for married men, as well as for those who aren’t
yet married, who want to have the happiest marriage
possible sometime in the future.
Just look at the statistics. In the United States,
marriages made in the 1950s had a 25-percent likeli-
hood of ending in divorce within 25 years; marriages
begun in the 1970s had a 50-percent probability of
ending in divorce within that same length of time.
That’s an American tragedy.
But it’s not just in the United States where so
many marriages are failing. A similar trend is occur-
ring in many other nations. For example, in England
and Wales, 35 percent of all marriages that began in
the year 2000 failed by 2017. This is not just an Amer-
ican problem, nor is it just in the British Isles. Indeed,
Psychology Today reported in 2019 that between 1970
and 2008, the divorce rate around the world more
than doubled. Their article was titled, “Divorce Rates
Around the World: A Love Story,” but it is the story of
broken love, a painful and heartrending disaster.
So, what is wrong with marriages today? Maybe
men don’t know what “love your wife” really means.
Many have overlooked the fact that the Bible gives
practical and direct advice to men about love and
marriage. Notice what the Apostle Paul wrote: “Hus-
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THE B E ST A M A N C A N DO
bands ought to love their own wives as their own
bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. For no one
ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes
it” (Ephesians 5:28–29).
Paul is saying that if you’re married, you need to
treat your wife as you would treat yourself. Talk with
her. Be aware of her needs. Be patient and thought-
ful even when she’s down or upset. That’s what love
is. It’s not just a passing feeling or romantic notion;
it’s a commitment to care for another human being
as you’d care for yourself, in good times or bad, and
is echoed in the Apostle Peter’s similar instruction:
“Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with under-
standing, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker
vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life,
that your prayers may not be hindered” (1 Peter 3:7).
Protect the Weaker Vessel
Some might take issue with Peter for saying that
women are the weaker vessel, but it’s really not hard
to understand. Last year, the world of competitive
swimming acknowledged this simple fact in response
to a man who’d begun to swim in college events as a
transgender “female,” and had in the process gone
from a mediocre male competitor to a record-breaker
in women’s events. Setting its policy that transgender
“women” should not compete against female swim-
mers, the World Swimming Coaches Association
stated what should be obvious: “The average differ-
ences in strength, stamina, and physique between the
sexes is significant” (“Position Statement on Trans-
gender Swimming,” WSCACoach.org). There are ex-
ceptions, of course, but by and large, this is true.
So why did God create men to be bigger and
stronger? To dominate women? To crush them, phys-
ically or emotionally? No. Rather, it was God’s inten-
tion that a man learn to care for, nourish, and protect
the woman to whom he has committed his life.
Such commitment was once taken for granted
in Western civilization. “Women and children first!”
became the unwritten-but-firm rule in disasters at
sea. This policy came to be called the “Birkenhead
Drill” after its famous application in the 1852 sink-
ing and evacuation of the Royal Navy ship HMS
Birkenhead, where the ship’s captain had insisted
that places on the lifeboats be given first to the
women and children aboard.
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Similarly, when the RMS Titanic sank, many men
gave up their places on lifeboats to their wives and
children—and went on to die in the icy waters of the
north Atlantic. It is easy to wonder whether we as a so-
ciety have reached the point where today’s men would
feel no sense of responsibility to protect women in an
emergency such as that. Is that who we are?
Indeed, where should men find the values that
teach them to make sacrifices—like giving up a spot in
a lifeboat—as well as to stay engaged and committed
when their wives need comfort and care? The answer
is found in a second challenge for men to be their best.
Point Two: Fear God and Keep
His Commandments
About 3,000 years ago, there lived a very wise king.
In fact, his reputation for wisdom spread far and
wide. We have many of his teachings preserved in the
Bible. His name was Solomon, and he gave this plain
and powerful advice: “Let us hear the conclusion of
the whole matter: Fear God and keep His command-
ments, for this is man’s all” (Ecclesiastes 12:13).
“Man” here means “mankind”—both men and
women, all of humanity. But let’s for a moment ask
what would happen if every man were doing this today.
How would their actions change the world for women?
First of all, if all men feared God, there would be
no crime. There would be no domestic abuse. Women
could walk down a dark and abandoned alley without
fear of violence.
We should understand that by “fear God,” God
isn’t expecting us to feel frightened or terrified
of Him—He simply wants us to acknowledge His
awe-inspiring power and wisdom and give Him the
obedience not only that He deserves, but that will
keep us safe and secure. We should understand that,
as our Creator, He knows us better than we know our-
selves. He knows what we need and what will really
make us happy in the long run.
And the “commandments” He asks us to keep?
Those are the Ten Commandments, as found in the Old
Testament books of Exodus and Deuteronomy. Though
they often get a “bad rap” today, mischaracterized as
harsh, demanding dictates from an unloving and un-
caring God, the truth is that they teach us how to love.
Consider the simplicity of the Seventh Command-
ment: “You shall not commit adultery” (Exodus 20:14).

“Adultery” is a word we don’t often hear in to-
day’s society, though its practice is widespread. It
simply means having sexual relations with someone
to whom you are not married. If men took this sim-
ple command as seriously as it deserves to be taken,
women would be safe in the knowledge that their
marriages would be secure.
Jesus Expanded the Commandment
And there is a further step, as taught by Jesus Christ,
who explained that in addition to physical adultery
there is also adultery of the heart: “You have heard
that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit
IF MEN TOOK THIS SIMPLE COMMAND
SERIOUSLY, WOMEN WOULD BE SAFE
IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEIR
MARRIAGES WOULD BE SECURE.
adultery.’ But I say to you that whoever looks at a
woman to lust for her has already committed adultery
with her in his heart” (Matthew 5:27).
Pornography is a curse in our Western nations.
And it’s not just a curse for men—women get hooked,
too. Sociologists at the American Sociological Asso-
ciation’s annual meeting in 2016 startled their col-
leagues with research documenting that while men
who started watching pornography doubled their
chances of divorce, women watching pornography
saw their divorce rate tripled (“Divorce rates double
when people start watching porn,” Science.org, 2016).
This finding calls to mind the findings of the Ameri-
can Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, who at a 2002
meeting found that an “‘obsessive interest in Internet
pornography’ was a significant factor in 56 percent of
their divorce cases the prior year” (“National Review:
Getting Serious On Pornography,” NPR.org, 2010).
So, stop and think this through. What if men were
taught, from a young age, that it’s not only wrong to
commit fornication and adultery, but it’s wrong even
to harbor lustful thoughts toward a woman? What if
our culture would support parents’ efforts to protect
their children from inappropriate images in the me-
THE B EST A MAN C AN DO
dia, in movies, and on the Internet? What a different
world this would be.
Men, as you are reading this, think about your
relationships. If you have a porn problem, get help.
You can and must overcome it. Porn is sin—and sin
destroys trust. Sin tears apart marriages. Yes, God
does forgive, and He will forgive—if we repent. But we
first must admit that we’ve sinned, and we must have
a deep desire to overcome it with God’s help.
As men, let’s aspire to do more than just “get out
of the way” of the women in our lives. How about giv-
ing our lives to God? How about committing to keep
His laws, so that our wives and our families will be
blessed? If we do this, our relationships will
grow. The women in our lives will gain greater
trust in us. We’ll be happier and they’ll be
happier. As men learn to become their best,
women will reap the rewards just as much as
their men.
Several years ago, a well-known men’s
skin-care products company set off a firestorm
with an advertising campaign titled, “The Best
a Man Can Be.” The narrative was that most
men are bullies who need to become softer. But, as
we’ve seen, what’s really needed is that men become
stronger in the values that truly sustain their relation-
ships with women—not that they become bullies or
caricatures, but that they embody the best of what God
wants us to be. And this brings us to a third vital key to
being our best as men.
Point Three: Commit to Becoming Like Christ
Two thousand years ago, there was a man named Je-
sus who walked this earth and was called the Christ.
Many in our secular, humanistic culture of today
don’t want to hear about Him, but He was the ulti-
mate man. He was the standard. In fact, He was God
in the flesh. He had been at the throne of the Father
for all eternity past, and He emptied Himself of His
divinity. Paul writes of Jesus Christ, “who, being in
the form of God, did not consider equality with God
something to be grasped. But He emptied Himself,
taking upon Himself the form of a servant, and was
made in the likeness of men. And being found in the
form of a man, He humbled Himself and became obe-
dient to death, even death on a cross” (Philippians
2:6–8, Modern English Version).
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THE B E ST A M A N C A N DO
He had been at the throne of God, with the Fa-
ther. He gave that up for us—to become flesh and
blood, to walk with us. He humbled Himself.
But He wasn’t a weakling. There is a common
misconception of Jesus Christ as being a sort of ef-
feminate individual who was soft and weak. Perhaps
it’s because many pictures portray Him that way. But
think about it: He was a carpenter. He was a builder.
And back then, there were no power tools. His hands
were strong and accustomed to work.
Again, the fact that Jesus Christ genuinely cared
for the interests of others did not make Him weak.
In fact, here’s an example of the type of man He was:
“Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove
out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and
overturned the tables of the money changers and the
seats of those who sold doves” (Matthew 21:12).
Jesus Christ wasn’t a bully—but He also wasn’t
afraid of taking strong action when it was required.
The temple was the house of God. When He found
crooks there taking advantage of and cheating the
people, He stopped them and threw them out. Notice
what Paul wrote to the brethren in Ephesus: “till we
all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge
of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of
the stature of the fullness of Christ” (Ephesians 4:13).
If you’re a man who cares about your family and
your wife, commit to becoming like Christ. If you want
to make a difference in your world and build something
worthwhile, become like Christ. If you want to set a
strong and solid example for others to follow, become
like Christ. He is our standard. He is the measure. He
sets the pace. That’s what this world needs more of,
and that’s what women need: men like Christ.
Honor Women as Jesus Did
One of the most touching and powerful passages in
the Bible is found at the end of Christ’s life:
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His
mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the
wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When
Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the
disciple whom He loved standing by, He said
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to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!”
Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your
mother!” And from that hour that disciple
took her to his own home (John 19:25–27).
Jesus loved the whole world—every human
being. That’s why He gave His life. That’s why He al-
lowed men to kill Him: so you and I could have a way
out of sin.
But even as He was hanging there, in His last mo-
ments, He did not forget the woman who had given
birth to Him and reared Him. He ensured that His
mother would be cared for, just before He died—a last
act of a dynamic, powerful, caring man.
Don’t give in to the cynical view of today—the
idea that the Bible puts down women and tells men
to do so. Nothing could be further from the truth. The
Bible holds men accountable for treating women well,
and it challenges them to do so with God’s help. If you
are a man, think about your life. Think about how
you treat others. Think about how you interact with
women—especially your wife, if you are married. Are
you living up to the standard of Jesus Christ? If you’re
a father of young boys, it’s your responsibility to teach
each one of them how to be a real man—not just a
macho reflection of a movie hero, but a real man, like
Jesus Christ. We must teach our boys to honor and re-
spect women, not just “get out of their way.”
What if you’re a woman? What about the men in
your life? If you have a husband, respect him. Value
him. Appreciate what he does for you. Tell him you
are thankful for how he sacrifices for you. And raise
your boys to be valiant and faithful men themselves,
who respect women and value their own masculinity.
We are living in difficult times. But God is looking
for men—and women—who can rise to the challenge. We
read that “the eyes of the Lord run to and fro through-
out the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of
those whose heart is loyal to Him” (2 Chronicles 16:9).
Men, getting out of the way isn’t the answer.
Rather, it obscures the fundamental point: We must
stop living Satan’s way and live by Christ’s example—
and, in doing so, become what God wants us to be, for
the sake of the women in our lives. TW
THERE IT WAS, RIGHT BEHIND ME
Sometimes, others see us more clearly than we see ourselves.

I
n the dark hours of the morning, I found my- or “doesn’t understand” the situation. Sometimes
self trying to wake up a bit more as I placed our critics can be wrong. But is there a way—a truly
my personal effects into the cubbyhole of our objective way—to know when they are right? Is there
local gym. Only a few other people were there a perfect mirror that can help us see the “bald spots”
so early in the morning, so I was looking forward in our lives?
to some pleasant and meditative isolation. Or so I There is! God’s word and His law can help us see
thought. what we normally cannot, as long as we are willing to
As I reached to the shelf, I glanced up and saw the act on what He shows us. We
screen for a security camera pointed right at my back. How do you read that “if anyone is a hearer
It was then that I saw it, coming out of nowhere, right of the word and not a doer,
react when
behind me. he is like a man observing his
It was my bald spot. another person natural face in a mirror; for he
Well, maybe it was not yet a full-fledged bald spot. points out some observes himself, goes away,
Maybe the grass was just a bit thinner on that patch flaw in your and immediately forgets what
of the lawn. But more and more, when I catch a rare kind of man he was. But he who
glimpse, it looks like a very good place for the kids to
character or looks into the perfect law of
dig in the dirt unobstructed. behavior? We liberty and continues in it, and
Yep, a bald spot. may be quick is not a forgetful hearer but a
Not that I mind so much. My grandfathers’ hair- to say that the doer of the work, this one will
lines had warned me that the day would come. I have be blessed in what he does”
consoled myself with thoughts of decreased hair
other person is (James 1:23–25). God’s word
maintenance, planning all I can do in the extra hours “too sensitive” can dispel the illusion cast by
gained each day. But I digress. or “doesn’t our self-deceiving heart, for
It occurred to me that although I have only seen understand” “the word of God is living and
it a couple of times, my wife has seen it often—as powerful, and sharper than
have my children, and my neighbors, and anyone the situation. any two-edged sword, piercing
else who has recently seen the back of my head. Sometimes our even to the division of soul
Then it struck me: Here is something that is always critics can be and spirit, and of joints and
with me, but even though others can see it easily, it marrow, and is a discerner of
wrong. But is
is almost impossible for me to see without help—an- the thoughts and intents of the
gled mirrors, security cameras, and the like. I was there a way—a heart” (Hebrews 4:12).
reminded of a Bible verse: “The heart is deceitful truly objective Maybe you cannot see it,
above all things, and desperately wicked; who can way—to know but that does not mean it is
know it?” (Jeremiah 17:9). not there—just like the little
when they are bald spot on my head. Never
What You Can’t See right? let your spiritual bald spot
No, we do not all have literal bald spots. But we all catch you off guard! If you would like help in using
have things others can see about us better than we the wonderful mirror of God’s word to show you how
can see ourselves. Our own flaws can remain almost to improve your life, please request your free copy of
invisible to us. Think of the guy who, when told he has The Ten Commandments and What Is a True Chris-
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How do you react when another person points With God’s help, you may even be able to mend your
out some flaw in your character or behavior? We may “bald spot”!
be quick to say that the other person is “too sensitive” —Wallace G. Smith

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 Be Mindful
of Your Mind
By Jonathan McNair
H
ow do you expect to be remembered?
What would you like your reputation to
be? Human infants think only of their
own wants and needs. But as we grow
into our teen years and beyond, we become more con-
cerned about what others think of us—and rightly so.
We read, “Even a child is known by his deeds, whether
what he does is pure and right” (Proverbs 20:11).
However, our reputation is not built by wishes.
Rather, it is established by our actions and our words.
The decisions we make—regarding what we do and
say, what we laugh at, how we spend our time, and
with whom we spend it—all reflect who we are. But
what determines those decisions? How do we make
them? Do we have any control over them?
How Is Your Mind Made Up?
You have heard people say, “Make up your mind.” Or
you may sometimes try to “change someone’s mind.”
So, how does the mind change, and how is it “made up”
in the first place? There are three basic building blocks
to it. The first is knowledge, the second is experience,
and the third consists of our emotions or feelings.
As our bodies grow beyond infancy, we are chang-
ing in ways other than the physical. As we begin to
crawl, walk, and then run, our minds are also chang-
ing. We are learning about the world around us and
how we fit into it. As we grow, the people around us
influence how our minds become “wired.” Our par-
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ents tell us that the sky is blue and that grass is green,
so our minds form the concept of color. We learn that
our neighbor is hungry and lost her job, and we see
our parents bring her a bag of groceries—so we learn
the concept of compassion.
Parents playing their God-given role are key to
our earliest growth. God knows this: “Train up a child
in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not
depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6). God wants parents
to guide their children into right ways of thinking by
teaching them the principles of life; we see that He
commanded the ancient Israelites to teach His ways
to their children: “You shall teach them diligently to
your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in
your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie
down, and when you rise up” (Deuteronomy 6:7).
However, parents are not the only ones who in-
fluence our minds. From our earliest childhood, we
are influenced by friends and playmates, by teachers,
and by the media. Our minds use the knowledge that
we collect from these different sources to create ideas
and impressions that help us understand our world
and our place in it. We compare what we have heard
and read with what we have experienced firsthand.
We eat a lemon and learn what “sour” is. From
that point on, we understand what something “sour”
will taste like. Perhaps a parent says, “Don’t touch
the stove, it’s hot!” We hear the words—and, if we are
compelled to experiment anyway, the experience of
touching a hot stove will be seared into our mind from
that day onward!
 B E MI N D F UL O F YO UR MIND

Our mind is also shaped by our emotions. God God is calling you. As vital as the human mind is in
has placed in human minds the ability to experience our daily lives, those whom God calls will come to
a range of feelings that affect how we think. We learn realize that without the Holy Spirit, the human mind
what it feels like to be excited, frustrated, joyful, and by itself is not adequate for handling the challenges of
angry. We learn to feel pleasure when our taste buds Christian life.
are tantalized by ice cream. We learn about anger From the beginning of human history, mankind
when someone steals our valued possessions. And has again and again demonstrated that the human
we learn about sadness when we are separated from mind by itself is not up to the challenge of establish-
friends and loved ones. All of these emotions—and ing peace and prosperity on
how we exercise them in daily life—profoundly affect From the earth, and in fact is at odds
our mental development. with God. We can humanly
beginning of manage many of the simple
Minding Your Choices human history, physical decisions we need
As we transition from youth into adulthood, we begin mankind has to make, but for the biggest
to develop more independence. We begin to think
again and again challenges, we absolutely
for ourselves and make up our own minds. We de- need the mind of God—which
cide what clothes to wear each day, how to spend our demonstrated is revealed to us through His
time, and which friends to spend time with. Those that the human word, the Holy Bible. The
decisions reflect our ability to apply facts, experience, mind by itself mind of God brings love, joy,
and even past emotions to current situations. As we
grow and our parents see us exercise good judgment,
is not up to the peace, longsuffering, kind-
ness, goodness, faithfulness,
they gain greater confidence in us and feel able to give challenge of gentleness, and self-control
us more independence and responsibility. If parents establishing (Galatians 5:22). These are
have done their job well and we have been receptive, peace and all attributes that bring true
we will emerge into adulthood with our minds trained happiness and contentment,
to face new and different situations.
prosperity on and they are attributes of a
One vital lesson we learn is that we must be sure earth, and in fact mind that is in harmony with
that the influences shaping our minds are coming is at odds with the mind of God. The sooner
from those who are of “like mind”—and who have our we can develop a mind in har-
God.
best interests at heart. As the prophet Amos wrote, mony with God’s word, the
“Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?” sooner we will develop a way of thinking that will
(Amos 3:3). lead to a good life.
Eventually, as adults, we face challenges that are Who you are, and what you do, is a direct result
bigger than what clothes to wear or what to do with of what you put into your mind. What knowledge,
our free time. We make decisions about career and experiences, and emotions fill your mind? Do you
marriage. We face decisions about our fundamental read and think about God’s words? Do you make
beliefs in God and the meaning of human life. We decisions that let you experience the joy of living
come to decisions about applying God’s law in our God’s way? Do you ask God to guide your thoughts
daily lives. And we may consider the importance of and feelings, or are you like a puppet on the string
making a permanent commitment to God through of the passing human emotions that course through
baptism. How we handle these choices ultimately re- your mind? If God is calling you, He wants you to
flects the state of our minds. have His Holy Spirit within you to help guide your
mind. Contact one of our Regional Offices (listed on
The Mind of God page 4 of this magazine) and you’ll find our repre-
If you desire to serve God with understanding and sentatives eager to talk further about baptism and
you feel that your mind is being opened to God’s plan Christian life.
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REPEATING ROME’S MISTAKES CO N T IN UED F R O M PAGE 8
and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose
life, that both you and your descendants may live”
(Deuteronomy 30:19).
The Bible is fundamentally a history book. It
shows the instructions given by a loving Creator, it
records how mankind has rejected those instruc-
tions, and it illustrates the tragic results of that
rejection. It also reveals history in advance—what
most people think of as prophecy. The prophets
themselves remind us of God’s beneficial inter-
ventions on behalf of His obedient people, but also
THE BIBLE IS THE GREATEST AND MOST
IMPORTANT HISTORY BOOK EVER WRITTEN,
AND FAR TOO MANY IN THIS GENERATION
ARE DEVOID OF HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.
reveal the results of their disobedience. One of the
Bible’s clear lessons is that when people hurt badly
enough, they often turn to God for relief—only to
turn back to their old ways once relief comes. This
is like the proverbial soldier’s prayer in the foxhole,
forgotten once the crisis passes.
Will this generation of Americans, Britons, Ca-
nadians, Australians, and New Zealanders learn from
the past? What about the French, Belgians, Dutch,
and Swiss? It is difficult to see how any of these na-
tions can learn from the past when their peoples don’t
know the past. Perhaps only the Jews know their past,
who they are, and where they came from. Yet even
they, as Clairmont suggests, seem likely to repeat
their painful history.
Another All-Important History Lesson
One history lesson found in the pages of the Bible
is that of the ancient Israelites’ golden calf. After
God brought a slave people out of bondage by great
and powerful miracles that could not be rationally
explained away, they turned right back into idola-
try when Moses was away for a mere 40 days. This
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was apparently long enough for the people to start
pressuring Aaron, the one left in charge in Moses’ ab-
sence, to make a golden calf idol and hold a licentious
festival to celebrate it. In the aftermath, God com-
manded Moses, “Now therefore, go, lead the people
to the place of which I have spoken to you. Behold,
My Angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day
when I visit for punishment, I will visit punishment
upon them for their sin” (Exodus 32:34).
Author Dennis Prager makes this observation
about this verse and our limited understanding of
the God of the Bible: “In modern
times, with its psychological and
therapeutic mindset, many people
tend to think of God as a loving
therapist Who is always there to
listen, to understand, and most
importantly, not to judge us. [And
here is the historical lesson:] This
verse reminds us that above all,
the God of the Torah is a moral
judge. He demands certain behavior, and holds people
accountable when they fail to live accordingly” (The
Rational Bible: Exodus, p. 454).
The Bible is the greatest and most important his-
tory book ever written, but as with history in general,
far too many in this generation are devoid of histor-
ical perspective. Winston Churchill summed it up in
one sentence: “Want of foresight, unwillingness to
act when action would be simple and effective, lack of
clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emer-
gency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring
gong, these are the features which constitute the
endless repetition of history” (Winston S. Churchill,
His Complete Speeches, 1897–1963, ed. Robert Rhodes
James, vol. 6, p. 5592).
The British-descended and American peoples
have forgotten who they are, and they are repeating
the grave mistakes of the past. To learn about the
history of these peoples, order a free copy of one of
the most remarkable works we have ever published,
The United States and Great Britain in Prophecy. It
is—and don’t let this word scare you off—history you
need to know. TW
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Teaching Humor
S
ome have claimed that laughter is the best
medicine. Did you know that scientists have
put that phrase to the test and examined
the effects of humor and laughter on the
human body? The Mayo Clinic reports that laugh-
ter-related stress relief brings both short- and long-
term benefits. In the short term, laughter stimulates
vital organs, lowers blood pressure, and aids circula-
tion and muscle relaxation. Beyond that, the release
of stress through laughter can improve our immune
system, relieve our pain, and improve our overall
mood (“Stress relief from laughter? It’s no joke,”
MayoClinic.org, July 29, 2021).
It is encouraging to see science promote some-
thing as enjoyable as laughter. So, what does the Bible
have to say? How should parents approach laughter
and humor with their children?
Young children often are sources of humor and
laughter for their families (and themselves!) as they
explore the world, make new discoveries, and play with
unlimited imaginations. My daughter once decided she
would be our waitress for dinner and politely asked me
what I wanted to drink. Delighted to have her take my
order, I asked for a coffee. You can imagine my sur-
prise—and amusement—when my daughter mustered
all her five-year-old seriousness to inform me that her
pretend kitchen had no coffee and I would need to
make another selection.
As children advance into their teenage years, their
humor matures, as well. Instead of simply imagining
silly scenarios, they now want to tell their own jokes,
create their own humor, and earn their own laughs. Of
course, this is not inherently sinful, but the Bible reveals
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TODAY
that not all humor is created equal. How many of us
have a story about our teenager (or ourselves) getting
in trouble because they were trying to be funny?
This is nothing new and is a normal part of the
child’s maturation process and the parenting expe-
rience. The Bible reveals that certain types of humor
should be pruned out of the lives of Christians and
their children. In Ephesians 5, Paul describes several
behaviors that should “not even be named among you,”
which include “coarse jesting” (vv. 3–4). The Greek
word translated “coarse” can also be translated as “ob-
scene,” “vulgar,” or “suggestive.” Godly teenagers know
that although being rude, cursing, or telling sexual jokes
often draws laughter from their peers, they must resist
the temptation.
This is not to say that teens are the only culprits;
they frequently see this type of humor modeled in the
movies adults produce, the jokes professional comedi-
ans tell, and sometimes even in vulgarity from political
leaders. But the Bible is clear: We should correct our
children if they use this type of humor. Moreover, we
ourselves, as parents and adults, should repent if we sin
by indulging in it.
Harmful Humor
The Bible reveals several other traps involving humor,
such as treating it as a “get-out-of-jail-free card.” Prov-
erbs 26:18–19 says, “Like a madman who throws fire-
brands, arrows, and death, is the man who deceives his
neighbor, and says, ‘I was only joking!’” These verses
provide strong warnings against practical jokes or other
deceptions that are done in the name of comedy, let-
ting us know that when a joke or jest is made at some-
 TEAC HI N G HUMOR

one else’s expense, it is not godly humor. Unfortunately, joking can come across as demeaning or disrespectful
this negative, sniping, deceptive, insulting humor is of his wife, and that is a dangerous example to set in
frequently the easiest to learn and the most often mod- front of their children. And this applies to wives, too,
eled by society at large. who should not model humor that is disrespectful of
Another warning that the Bible gives us is that their husband. The display of humor between husband
laughter is not always joyous and medicinal. Some- and wife should help children learn what joking is
times it can be mocking and derisive. Proverbs 29:9 appropriate and what is not.
warns that “whether the fool rages or laughs, there is
Parents must also Obviously, fathers and moth-
no peace.” While our children might not be the one ers should also mind their ex-
making the joke, do they laugh along with the fool? If correct children amples when they joke with
one of their friends insults or “pranks” someone, do our whose humor their children as well, and
teens encourage the insulting jest, deception, or prank crosses the line. always be kind.
by laughing at the brunt of the joke? If “I was only jok- Parents must also correct
ing” can be used as an excuse for ungodly humor, how
Many may make children whose humor crosses
much more can our teens be tempted by the excuse the mistake of the line. Many may make the
“I was only laughing”? Proverbs 18:21 reminds us that assuming that mistake of assuming that all
“death and life are in the power of the tongue,” and this all laughter is laughter is good laughter,
certainly applies to humor. and they need instruction to
To be sure, friends of all ages like to tease one
good laughter, know the difference. We can-
another. Sometimes, it can be done playfully and taste- and they need not assume that our children
fully, in such a way that the friendship is not damaged. instruction instinctively know that differ-
Nevertheless, we often know the difference between ence, even if it seems obvious
to know the
good-natured joking among friends and mean-spirited to us.
insults meant to provoke laughter at someone else’s difference. We Finally, parents must be
expense. Most teens know this difference, too—espe- cannot assume willing to apologize if they
cially if they have adults pointing out the differences that our children get it wrong. There can be
between good, edifying humor and pranks and insults times when words sound a lot
that only serve to embarrass, hurt, or even provoke
instinctively funnier in our head—and a lot
someone. Effective comedy does not have to be at any- know that more insulting when we hear
one’s expense. difference, them out loud. There are also
even if it seems times when we believe every-
Parents as Models of Good Humor one is laughing together, only
Considering both the benefits and the warnings associ-
obvious to us. to discover that the joke came
ated with laughter and humor, parents should endeavor across as an insult to someone. When that happens,
to set the right example. Most parents would love to we must own our mistake and apologize. This sends a
see their children experience the stress-reducing ben- strong message to our children of how to fix the situa-
efits of laughter while avoiding ungodly humor that the tion when they make an error in judgment.
Bible warns against. Parents should aim to set the right Humor can be one of the great joys that we share
example in this. Enough fathers have tried their hand with family and friends. It has many benefits and fre-
at humor that “dad jokes” have become a common quently draws people together when we use it in a
expression for corny humor that makes children groan godly manner. Indeed, “a merry heart does good, like
instead of laugh. Thankfully, many dad jokes are just medicine” (Proverbs 17:22). But laughter is not guaran-
silly and do not fall into coarse jesting. teed to always have this effect. Let’s take the challenge
Fathers should also be mindful of how they treat of instructing our children in proper humor by setting
their wives. Do husbands make sure that their chil- the right example and heeding the admonitions of the
dren know they love and respect their wives first and Scriptures.
foremost? If a husband is not careful, the teasing and —Mark Sandor

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 NEWSWATCH Mark 13:37 | “And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!”
United States
Enshrines Perversion
On December 14, 2022,
American President Joe Biden
signed a piece of legislation—
the Respect for Marriage Act
(RFMA)—that seeks to protect
same-sex “marriage” in the
United States. In his celebra-
tory remarks, the president
declared, “This law and the
love it defends strike a blow
against hate in all its forms”
(Los Angeles Times, Decem-
ber 13, 2022). The signing of
the new law was marked by
a celebration at the White
House.
More than 70 percent of
adults in the U.S. now favor
same-sex “marriage.” We are
witnessing a turning point in
the history of Western civiliza-
tion. Just 26 years ago in 1996,
the American congress passed
the Defense of Marriage Act,
which legally defined marriage
as union between one man
and one woman, as God states
in the Scriptures (Genesis
2:21–25). The Bible also labels
homosexuality a serious sin
(Leviticus 18:22; 1 Timothy 1:9–
10; 1 Corinthians 6:9–10). Yet
today, the so-called “Respect
for Marriage Act” disrespects
marriage by rejecting these
biblical instructions.
However, few in our mod-
ern secular society grasp the
prophetic significance of this
major turning point. Jesus
said that conditions at the
end of the age would be like
those in ancient Sodom (Luke
17:28–30), a city God destroyed
for many sins, including the
abomination of homosexuality
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(Jude 7; Ezekiel 16:49–50). The
Apostle Paul warned that there
would be a great rebellion
against God just before the
return of Jesus Christ (2 Thes-
salonians 2:3). Moses warned
the Israelite-descended peo-
ples that in the “latter days”
they would become utterly
corrupt—calling good evil and
evil good (Isaiah 5:20)—and
would bring upon themselves
the wrath of God (Deuteron-
omy 31:29).
Quantified Benefits
of Happy Marriage
While many Western societ-
ies are rejecting traditional
marriage, science continues to
prove its value. WebMD.com
reported in November on
a new study from the Yale
School of Public Health in New
Haven, Connecticut, that has
demonstrated that, among
those under age 55 who ex-
perience a heart attack, those
with happy marriages had a
better recovery, while “those
who had the most stressful
marriages were more likely to
have more frequent chest pain
or be readmitted to hospital in
the year following their heart
attack.” When compared to
people in many other cate-
gories, those with unhappy
marriages had the worst
recovery from heart attack of
any group. Those reporting
moderate to severe marital
stress were 67 percent more
likely to report chest pain and
nearly 50 percent more likely
to be readmitted to the hos-
pital (Independent, November
1, 2022).
Results from another
recent study, this time from
Michigan State University,
discovered that the primarily
female hormone oxytocin
may actually help regenerate
heart cells (Independent, Sep-
tember 30, 2022). Oxytocin,
sometimes referred to as the
“love chemical,” is produced
when two people show affec-
tion towards each other. It is
also released when a mother
breastfeeds her baby and
during labor. Scientists are
learning that exposure to the
chemical may increase healing
after a heart attack—and this
hormone is more prevalent in
those with happy marriages.
God is the author of mar-
riage, and He designed it to
bring physical and emotional
blessings. Those blessings
come when a husband and
wife work together to have a
happy, godly marriage.
Decline of Professing
Christianity in
England and Wales
According to a recent study
from the UK Office for Na-
tional Statistics, “For the first
time in a census of England
and Wales, less than half of
the population (46.2 percent,
27.5 million people) described
themselves as ‘Christian.’” This
is a 13 percent drop since 2011.
The next most common re-
sponse category (37 percent)
was “no religion.” This has
prompted some to suggest
that England is one of the
least religious countries in the
world (Telegraph, November
29, 2022). While the percent-
age of those who identify as
“Christian” has dropped pre-
cipitously since 2000, those
who identify as Muslim and
Hindu have increased. Also,
according to the same study,
Satanism and devil worship is
on the rise as well.
England and Wales are
not alone. Similar declines in
numbers of those claiming to
be “Christian” are occurring in
the United States, Australia,
Canada, and many other West-
ern nations—and this should
be no surprise. As the people
of these nations continue to
move further and further away
from the principles taught by
God’s word, the result is a soci-
ety in moral free fall.
Bible prophecy reveals that
at the end of the age, Israel-
ite-descended nations of the
West will reject biblical moral-
ity and become utterly corrupt
(Deuteronomy 31:29)—they
will forget God and reap seri-
ous consequences as their own
actions punish them (Hosea
4:6; Jeremiah 2:19).
The Power of Purpose
For years researchers have
known that living life with a
sense of purpose and meaning
helps people live longer, hap-
pier lives (Medical News Today,
November 21, 2022). A new
study of over 13,000 people 50
years old and older clarifies the
power of this effect even more.
According to the study results,
“those with the strongest
sense of purpose lowered their
risk of death by 15.2 percent
compared to people with
the least sense of purpose.”
 NEWSWATCH
Moreover, Boston University
researchers report that “having
a purpose lowers the risk of
all causes of mortality [that is,
death by any cause], regard-
less of gender, race, or ethnic-
ity,” meaning that the benefits
of living life with a sense of
purpose are available to ev-
eryone! The longevity benefits
of having a sense of purpose
were more pronounced among
women, decreasing their all-
cause mortality rate by 34
percent, versus a 20 percent
drop for men.
People with a greater
sense of purpose tend to be
less bothered by stress and
less worried. They also tend to
engage in other health-pro-
moting behaviors, such as
regular physical activity.
In the light of modern re-
search, it is interesting to note
what the Bible reveals about a
sense of purpose. Jesus Christ
taught that we should “seek
first the kingdom of God and
His righteousness” (Matthew
6:33). King David wrote in
a song to his Maker, “Great
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Your law, and nothing causes
them to stumble” (Psalm
119:165). Understanding the
ultimate purpose for mankind
enables us to look beyond the
stresses of today: “For I con-
sider that the sufferings of this
present time are not worthy
to be compared with the glory
which shall be revealed in us”
(Romans 8:18).
Starvation in Somalia
According to the United Na-
tions, one child is admitted
to the hospital or clinic for
treatment of severe malnu-
trition every minute of every
day, on average (Deutsche
Welle, November 22, 2022).
In Somalia, where almost half
the population “urgently needs
food,” many cases arriving at
the clinics are children in the
last stages of starvation and
some are beyond medical help.
Experts blame climate change
and Islamist extremists for the
increasingly dire situation.
Somalia is experiencing
its worst drought in 40 years,
and more than 7 million peo-
ple need food aid. Drought
and conflict have displaced
1.6 million people. More than
half a million children are
acutely malnourished, which
means that if they don’t eat
soon, they will die. Tragically,
no food aid can even enter
some regions of the country
because of armed conflict
in them. And al-Shabab, the
extremist group responsible
for the conflict, does not seem
interested in helping the
starving people.
Today, the world is filled
with strife, suffering, and star-
vation. It is rife with leaders
who seize power caring only
about themselves and not
about those whose lives are
in their hands. However, the
trauma and selfishness of this
present age is prophesied to
end in the not-too-distant
future. Jesus Christ is going
to return as the King of kings
to set up His lasting and
abundant kingdom over the
earth, and the suffering and
starvation of today’s world will
become a thing of the past
(Psalm 72).
People Are Losing
Patience
A recent U.S. study of more
than 1,900 people highlights
what many already know
about society today—people
are becoming more and more
impatient. Jay Baer in cooper-
ation with StatSocial released
“Time to Win: The 2022 Con-
sumer Patience Study.” The
study found that consumers
expect results quickly and are
February 2023  |  Tomorrow’s World  29
increasingly disappointed if
they have to wait.
The study found that
older consumers were more
patient than younger ones.
While Baby Boomers had
the lowest expectations for
quick responses, those of Gen
Z (born in the late 1990s to
early 2000s) had the highest
expectations that businesses
would respond quickly. The
survey also revealed that
men are less patient with
businesses than women, and
64 percent of respondents
said speed and responsive-
ness is “just as important” as
price. According to the report
authors, “Despite companies
investing in a lot of online and
offline signage and mea-cul-
pas, pleading for patience,
customers largely are un-
sympathetic to these delays.
Eighty-three percent of cus-
tomers expect businesses to
respond as fast or faster than
before the pandemic.”
Growth of an “I want it
now” attitude is very much a
symptom of the selfish “Me
first” attitudes prophesied to
grow at the end of the age (2
Timothy 3:1–5). In contrast to
modern attitudes, the pages
of the Bible consistently warn
of the consequences of im-
patience and haste (Proverbs
14:29; 29:20) and highlight the
importance of being patient
(Ecclesiastes 7:8; James 5:7–8).
As we begin to understand
the prophetic significance of
growing modern mindsets, we
can move in a different direc-
tion and seek the benefits of
patience. TW
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Toledo BBCA SU 7:30 a.m.
Zanesville WBZV SU 8:00 a.m.
OK Ada KTEN SU 7:00 a.m.
Lawton KAUZ SU 7:00 a.m.
Tulsa KQCW SU 8:00 a.m.
OR Bend KTVZ SU 8:00 a.m.
Eugene KMTR SU 8:00 a.m.
Medford KTVL SU 8:00 a.m.
Portland Community SU 12:30 p.m.
PA Erie WSEE SU 8:00 a.m.
Johnstown Atl. Broadband MO 10:00 p.m.
Philadelphia WPSG SU 7:30 a.m.
SC Charleston WCBD SU 8:00 a.m.
Columbia WOLO SU 11:00 a.m.
Greenville WYCW SU 9:30 a.m.
Greenville WGGS SU 11:30 a.m.
Myrtle Beach WWMB SU 8:00 a.m.
SD Rapid City KCLO (ION/CW) SU 7:00 a.m.
Sioux Falls KFSY SU 7:00 a.m.
TN Jackson WBJK SU 7:00 a.m.
Knoxville WKNX SU 7:30 a.m.
Knoxville WKNX SU 6:00 p.m.
Memphis WLMT SU 10:00 a.m.
TX Amarillo KVIH SU 7:00 a.m.
Amarillo KVII SU 7:00 a.m.
Austin KEYE SU 11:00 a.m.
Beaumont KFDM SU 6:30 a.m.
Beaumont KFDM SU 7:00 a.m.
Corpus Christi KIII SU 9:30 a.m.
Corpus Christi KRIS-DT2 SU 7:00 a.m.
Dallas KDAF SU 8:30 a.m.
Laredo KYLX SU 7:00 a.m.
Laredo KTXW SU 7:00 a.m.
Lubbock KLCW SU 7:00 a.m.
Lufkin KTRE SU 6:30 a.m.
McAllen KCWT SU 7:00 a.m.
Midland KOSA/KWAB SU 7:00 a.m.
Odessa KOSA/KWAB SU 7:00 a.m.
San Angelo KTXE SU 7:00 a.m.
San Antonio KABB SU 5:30 a.m.
San Antonio KZTV SU 7:00 a.m.
Sherman KTEN SU 7:00 a.m.
Tyler KLTV SU 6:00 a.m
Tyler KYTX SU 7:00 a.m.
Wichita Falls KAUZ SU 7:00 a.m.
Victoria KVCT SU 7:00 a.m.
VA Charlottesville WVIR SU 8:00 a.m.
Chesterfield Comcast TH 6:30 p.m.
Fairfax Public Access MO 5:30 p.m.
Fairfax Public Access FR 1:00 a.m.
Fairfax Public Access SA 10:00 a.m.
Norfolk WSKY SU 9:30 a.m.
Roanoke WWCW SU 8:30 a.m.
VT Bennington CAT WE 9:30 a.m.
Bennington CAT WE 12:00 a.m.
Bennington CAT TH 9:30 p.m.
Bennington CAT TH 12:00 a.m.
Bennington CAT SA 4:30 a.m.
Bennington CAT SA 8:00 a.m.
Burlington Access WE 2:30 a.m.
Burlington Access TH 11:00 a.m.
WA Everett KSTW SU 6:00 a.m.
Kennewick Spectrum SU 8:00 a.m.
Pasco Spectrum SU 8:00 a.m.
Richland Spectrum SU 8:00 a.m.
Seattle KSTW SU 2:00 a.m.
WI Eagle River WYOW (CW) SU 7:00 a.m.
Eau Clare WEAU (CW) SU 7:00 a.m.
La Crosse WECX (CW) SU 7:00 a.m.
Wausau WSAW (CW) SU 7:00 a.m.
Wittenberg WZAW (CW) SU 7:00 a.m.
WV Bluefield WVVA (CW) SU 8:00 a.m.
Charleston WQCW SU 7:00 a.m.
Clarksburg WVFX SU 8:00 a.m.
Parkersburg WOVA (CW) SU 8:00 a.m.
Wheeling WBWO (CW) SU 8:00 a.m.
WY Casper KGWN (CW) SU 7:00 a.m.
Cheyenne KGWN (CW) SU 7:00 a.m.
Laramie KGWN (CW) SU 7:00 a.m.
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